Aves - Colymbiformes - Colymbidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Colymbidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Miller and Bowman 1958, Shufeldt 1891, Wetmore 1924, Wetmore 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Colymbus (Colymbus) Colymbus (Dytes) Colymbus portisi Colymbus subparvus
Type: Podiceps auritus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Monaco (1 collection), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of United States (2: California, Idaho)
• Neogene of United States (1: Arizona)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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